Antonyms for sink
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : singk |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɪŋk |
Definition of sink
Origin :- Old English sincan (intransitive) "become submerged, go under, subside" (past tense sanc, past participle suncen), from Proto-Germanic *senkwanan (cf. Old Saxon sinkan, Old Norse sökkva, Middle Dutch sinken, Dutch zinken, Old High German sinkan, German sinken, Gothic sigqan), from PIE root *sengw- "to sink."
- The transitive use (mid-13c.) supplanted Middle English sench (cf. drink/drench) which died out 14c. Related: Sank; sunk; sinking. Sinking fund is from 1724. Adjective phrase sink or swim is from 1660s. To sink without a trace is World War I military jargon, translating German spurlos versenkt.
- verb fall in, go under
- verb fall, decrease
- verb deteriorate
- verb be humble or humbled
- Favour for a person will exalt the one, as disfavour will sink the other.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I'd level straightway with the dust, and with it sink our shame.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Pop was putting away the dishes, and Jud was scrubbing out the sink.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Do not let this great and disastrous fall sink you into lower depths of sin.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- In the light of the cross we cannot believe that He expected the race to sink.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- When they reached Bonanza the sun was low, and when they were off San Lucar it had begun to sink.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- The melted rock was so thick and heavy that I did not sink in.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- What was 't you said about our going to that sink of wickedness at Providence?
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Despair has made cowards brave: shall it sink the brave to cowards?
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Jeremiah, the captain deserts the ship, but you and I will sink or float with it.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
Synonyms for sink
- abase
- abate
- be reduced to
- bemean
- bore
- bring down
- capsize
- cast down
- cave in
- collapse
- couch
- debase
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- degenerate
- degrade
- demean
- demit
- depreciate
- depress
- descend
- die
- dig
- diminish
- dip
- disappear
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- drill
- drive
- droop
- drop
- drown
- dwindle
- ebb
- engulf
- excavate
- fade
- fail
- fall
- flag
- flounder
- force down
- founder
- go down
- go downhill
- go to the bottom
- humiliate
- immerse
- lapse
- lay
- lessen
- let down
- lower
- overturn
- overwhelm
- plummet
- plunge
- put down
- ram
- regress
- relapse
- retrograde
- retrogress
- rot
- run
- sag
- scuttle
- set
- settle
- shipwreck
- slip
- slope
- slump
- spoil
- stab
- stick
- stoop
- submerge
- subside
- succumb
- swamp
- thrust
- tip over
- touch bottom
- wane
- waste
- weaken
- worsen
- wreck
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